The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DIPPING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2018.
Action of a ladle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIPPING | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Action of a ladle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dio
- dip
- dips
- scoop
- scooping
- dipping
- lade
- spoon
- spoons
- lip
- shank
- skim
Crossword Answer definitions
DIPPING verb- To lower into a liquid.
- To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- To lower a light's beam.
- To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- To immerse for baptism.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
- To leave.
- To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- An act or process of immersing.
- The act of inclining downward.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
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